Enroute to Midway - March 55
Sand Island, Midway
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Enroute to Midway - March 55 |
Sand Island, Midway |
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 A bit of Midway History |
 Dick Cupka, barracks lawn |
 Dick and WWII gun |
 Dick and WWII memory |
 Lee from Arkansas |
 Dick Cupka |
 Marty Gloster |
 Dick, Lee, and Smokey |
 Milton Copenhaver |
 Dick Cupka |
 Dick, Russ, ?, Marty, Charlie |
 Ham KM6AX bldg on right |
 Deserted bldgs on Sand Island |
 Eastern fm ham shack on Sand |
 Indiana, straight ahead! |
 SAR Sea and Air Rescue landing |
 The dock on Sand Island |
 Troop ship at dock on Sand |
 Crashboat at Eastern. |
 Dick Cupka at helm of Crashboat |
 Crashboat approaching Eastern Isl |
 Russ Irving at the helm |
 Rounding #11 bouy - Irving |
 Lee going to Eastern |
 Checking out old #11 bouy |
 Hey! Come back here! |
 J.A. 'Jac' Cronin, CT1 |
 PRB enroute to Eastern - Cupka |
 The crew and 'The Pup' |
 Russ, Lee, and 'Sniffles' |
 Dick Cupka and the puppies |
 Cupka and clothesline buffer he made |
 Sand as seen from Eastern |
 Runways intersection fm old tower |
 From Air Tower. Sand in distance. |
 The beach. Sand Isl upper right. |
 Fishballs-Cupka still has them! |
 Proud Midway native |
 Ship on far horizon |
 Noisy your seal, quiet gooney. |
 Gooney bird heaven |
 Black gooney and baby to be. |
 From the sea it came. LST-868 website |
 Memorial from prior CTs |
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En Memorium
To Ye Who Think Thy Lot Is Tough, A Departed Comrade Detachment "A" |
 Memorial, fishball, and CT |
 Memorial and Charlie Heiner |
 Aircraft control tower |
 Deserted Quonset Hut |
 D.F. Bowman, Cupka and Frigate bird |
 D.F. Bowman/Gen. Qtrs patrol |
 Chief Thompson and Dick Cupka |
 "Cup" - deep sea fish |
 New wheels - Charlie Heiner |
 New wheels - Dick Cupka |
 Waves biting Midway's beaches |
 Cup going to Ops bldg to work |
 Galley - Irving, ?, Heiner |
 Marty Gloster after day watch |
 Marty! Wash it! I'll cut it!! |
 Charlie! Put your pants on! |
 Cupka cutting Smokey's hair |
 'Arky' - visions of sugar plums |
 After a loooong day watch! |
 Cupka, caught in the act |
 Hammarlund SP-600 in galley |
 Cupka and dead shark |
 Cupka and dead shark on dock |
 Lee and dead shark |
 Cupka - Christmas 1955 |
 Dick, Marty, Smokey - Xmas '55 |
 More 'new' wheels! |
 No rubber? Drive it anyway! |
 But NOT out on the dock! |
 Twasn't me, Chief! |
 Dammit! I told him NOT to |
 Irving and Heiner - "Wasn't us!!" |
 Picnics at Comm Unit #43 |
 Beautiful Midway sunset |
 And another day ends |
 Marty Gloster 'loved' Jane Powell |
 Cupka and Dee's Xmas cookies |
 Gloster - Tired of sitting at Ops |
 Smokey and his friends |
 Smokey and Marty in bunk house |
 Galley - Sand Isl in background |
 Storm headed our way! |
 Western sky from Ops - spring '56 |
 Spring '56, sunset on Midway |
 What a gorgeous Midway sky |
 What a fast year that was! |
 Sitting there waiting for us, I guess. |
 All aboard!! For the mainland. |
 Bye bye Midway - take care! |
 Dick and Dee Cupka |
 Dick and Dee Cupka - Kamiseya '56 |
 Dick and Dee Cupka |
 Thanksgiving menu cover 1955 |
 Thanksgiving dinner menu 1955 |
 Midway transmitter shack Eastern Isl |
 Cupka gets CT3 Rating |
 Transportation |
 Heading for Eastern Isl |
 View from tower toward Antenna field Eastern Isl |
 Operations - lonely place |
 Card, greetings from Midway |
 Christmas card - inside |
 Cupka drawn Christmas card |
 Telegram, going to Midway |
 Comm Unit 43 - on quonset hut |
 News clipping - CT's rescue fliers |
 Disney article |
 What's left of a dungaree shirt |
 Russ Irving and our pup |
 Bunker Dust Bowl on Eastern Isl |
 One more by DA GUN! |
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Above is a shot of the display I made with the balls, using coathanger wire and an old Chianti wine bottle from the club on Sand island. The larger ball, as you will see, is on the bottom of the display and on that ball, back in 1956, I typed and scotchtaped a note saying Midway Island, Comm Unit 43, 1956. |
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